I suggest a tag of 1.1.0-pre1 and a following string freeze the next tuesday. Tarball and binaries for Win32/Mac would then be available for testing.
Kubuntu 10.04 finally got a new branding (logo) to match the new Ubuntu branding:
Here are the results from our latest poll in the weekly 'hive five' posts - Best Linux Video Editor:
After Kubuntu, it's Lubuntu's turn to get a new Plymouth theme to match the new Ubuntu branding:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install git-core #in case you don't have git installed
git clone git://git.gnome.org/gnome-icon-theme
mv gnome-icon-theme/gnome ~/.icons
sudo apt-get install zenity ffmpeg wget http://raymii.org/cms/content/downloads/easyconverter.sh
chmod +x easyconverter.sh
./easyconverter.sh
Why is this information important? Address books and buddy lists have become an integral part of how we manage our relationships online. Your email addresses, Twitter handle and openID are used in hundreds of ways as you connect, follow and share online.Every desktop operating system, and hundreds of web-based service providers, has some way of representing “who-you-know”. Managing all of this information can be a lot of work. There are multiple copies of your data, and they are inconsistent and disjointed.
This week you voted for: The Best Linux Instant Messaging Client
I can't wait to see the results at this poll. I sooo hate pidgin and I'm sooo looking forward to find a very good alternative :D!
I am holding on my vote, in a dilemma between pidgin and empathy. I use empathy at work and pidgin at home! And I love them both ;)
Due to some critical issues with the image rebuilds, the validation for Ubuntu 10.04 Beta 1 is still in progress, meaning the first Lucid beta will not be released today but tomorrow, March 19.
More info: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2010-March/000695.html
sudo xsplashAfter Mark Shuttleworh's recent comment regarding the decision to put the Metacity window buttons on the left, the debate is more intense then ever.
In a recent comment (posted a few seconds ago), Mark Shuttleworth states that:
I've managed to bring cold startup time from about 14 seconds down to about 2 seconds. I will definitely have fun installing and removing applications back again.
...from Mark Shuttleworth himself:
The default position of the window controls will remain the left, throughout beta1. We're interested in data which could influence the ultimate decision. There are good reasons both for the change, and against them, and ultimately the position will be decided based on what we want to achieve over time.
Moving everything to the left opens up the space on the right nicely, and I would like to experiment in 10.10 with some innovative options there. It's much easier to do that if we make this change now. I appreciate that it's an emotive subject, and apologise for the fact that I haven't been responding in detail to every comment - I'm busy moving house this week. But the design team is well aware of the controversy, your (polite) comments and more importantly *data* are very welcome and will help make the best decision.
When we have a celebrity bug report like this, it's a real exercise for our values of communication, civility, and ubuntu. Thank you to those who have pointed to the code of conduct when things get heated. And thanks even more to those who FELT heated but didn't let it show :-)
